Quotes About Spirituality

What is a saint supposed to do, if not convert wolves?

Born blind, he could move in that handsome luminous space (yes, he said luminous) of his church, seeing, as he said, the sun with his skin

The monkish vows keep us far from that sink of vice that is the female body, but often they bring us close to other errors. Can I finally hide from myself the fact that even today my old age is still stirred by the noonday demon when my eyes, in choir, happen to linger on the beardless face of a novice, pure and fresh as a maiden's?

In omnibus requiem quaesivi, et nusquam inveni nisi in angulo cum libro" (T. Kempis)

They keep saying that their kingdom is not of this world, then take everything they can lay their hands on.

Pengetahuan Tuhan mewujud dalam pengetahuan manusia

I am gripped by an irresistible urge to kill myself, but I know it's the devil tempting me.

Having come from the light and from the gods, here I am in exile, separated from them. —Fragment of Turfa'n M7

But Saint Bernard was right: little by little the man who depicts monsters and portents of nature to reveal the things of God per speculum et in aenigmate, comes to enjoy the very nature of the monstrosities he creates and to delight in them, and as a result he no longer sees except through them.

Ya no logro distinguir cuáles son las diferencias accidentales de los valdenses, los cátaros, los pobres de Lyon, los humillados, los begardos, los terciarios, los lombardos, los joaquinistas, los patarinos, los apostólicos, los pobres de Lombardía, los arnaldistas, los guillermitas, los seguidores del espíritu libre y los luciferinos.

conviene que las cosas divinas se representen más en la figura de los cuerpos viles que en la figura de los cuerpos nobles. Primero

Having come from the light and from the gods, here I am in exile, separated from them.

Si vede che la conversione trasforma anche i tratti del viso oltre a quelli dell'anima.

God is pure nothingness, touched by neither Now nor Here. The Name of The Rose

Piamonte... Acerqué la foto y leí la dedicatoria. Decía: «Porque yo soy la primera y la última. Yo soy la honrada y la odiada. Yo soy la prostituta y la santa. Sophia.»

Religious conversion evidently transforms not just the soul but also facial appearances.

La raíz es Aum o Um, que por lo demás es el Om budista, es el nombre de Dios en la lengua adámica. Um es una sílaba que, debidamente pronunciada, se convierte en un mantra poderosísimo y provoca en la psique corrientes fluídicas de armonía a través de la siakra o Plexo Frontal.

Los franciscanos decimos: no poseemos nada, todo lo tenemos en uso. Él

Pero lo que importa no es si Cristo fue o no pobre, sino si la Iglesia debe o no ser pobre. Y la pobreza no se refiere tanto a la posesión o no de un palacio, como a la conservación o a la pérdida del derecho de legislar sobre las cosas terrenales.

Gott ist ein lauter Nichts, ihn rührt kein Nun noch Hier. . . .

Dizem que a alma é somente aquilo que se faz, mas, se eu odeio alguém e cultivo esse rancor, ...isso significa que existe um dentro!

often the step between ecstatic vision and sinful frenzy is very brief

The monkish vows keep us far from that sink of vice that is the female body, but often they bring us close to other errors. Can I finally hide from myself the fact that even today my old age is still stirred by the noonday demon when my eyes, in choir, happen to linger on the beardless face of a novice, pure and fresh as a maiden's?

Gott ist ein lautes Nichts, ihn rührt kein Nun noch Hier. Tanr? kocaman bir hiçtir, ne ÅŸimdi ilgilendirir onu ne de buras?.